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Home Improvement Tips for Your Living Room

Ways to Improve your Living Room

Have you been looking at your living room wanting a chance but have no clue where to start? Well here are a few tips on how you spruce up the space that work for all types of homes whether you are a homeowner, interior designers or even a prospective homeowner.

Expanding your living room if able can be a place to start. To save energy, living rooms were typically kept small and cramped in the past. However, house purchasers want larger living rooms than before, thanks to the mid-century open floor plan movement and today's desire for greater space. If you can not secure the right permits or this may be out of budget, an alternative can be creating the illusion of a bigger space.

Painting the ceiling…

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Home Improvement Tips for Your Dining Room

Ways to Improve your Dining Room

A dining room is a shared space where people eat, it is frequently close to the kitchen in contemporary times for ease of serving. However, it was commonly on a different level in medieval times. Whether your home was built recently or years ago, there are always ways for you to tidy up and achieve a new look for your space.

Knocking down the ways around the space is always an option, the separation of rooms in old homes is well known. Creating an open floor concept gives room for the home to flow better. Families desire to be together and spend time with one another however, that cannot happen with the cramped feeling of separate rooms. Previously kitchens were built separately due to the fact that the women of…

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Significance of the Exterior Color of your Home

Does the Exterior Color of Your Home Matter When Selling?

The exterior color of your home influences buyers a whole lot more compared to the interior of your home. Many purchasers would not want to spend more money after closing on a new home, so neutral color schemes that work with almost anything, such as white, light gray, taupe, beige, tend to have the most appeal to buyers. The exterior color of your home is important as everyone interprets color in different ways, this is called color psychology.

Color psychology is the examination of how different colors influence people's behavior. Varied colors have multiple interpretations, implications, and psychological effects depending on culture. Color psychology is heavily influenced by personal…

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Importance of Real Estate Photography

Should You Hire a Real Estate Photographer When Selling your Home?

Homes with more images sell quicker, which is understandable given that buyers are conducting more research than before. The more buyers you can discover early in the process, the more likely your house will sell fast. It is frequently the first impression that purchasers receive of your house before they ever set foot on the property. For this exact reason, it is better for agents to pay a photographer to take professional pictures of the property. Houses with professional pictures tend to get looked at more often and sell faster due to the growing digital world, the entire process of buying a home happening online nowadays.

Prior to the pandemic, potential Staten Island…

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Renovating Your Home or Sell As Is

Should You Spend Time Renovating Your Home or Selling it As Is?

When it comes to selling your home, you will come across two types of prospective buyers. Type one is people who are ready to move in right after buying or type two is people who want to fix or flip the property. However, the answer to whether you should or should not renovate it has a tricky answer. Certain upgrades will never increase the value of your property enough to compensate yourself. When it comes to selling your property, you should plan your renovations depending on the sort of buyer you want to attract. Saving money is the most important consideration for home flippers. Many people who wish to fix up or flip a house appreciate the house and the area, and some even believe…

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Significance of Paint Colors in a Listed Home

Are Interior Paint Colors Significant When it Comes to Selling Your Home?

When it comes to selling your home, something as simple as the paint colors in a listed home make a huge difference. While selling your home, you are thinking about moving to a new location as well so you may not have the disposable income to redecorate the home you are selling or simply may not even have the time. Making your home seem more appealing can be done with a fresh coat of paint on the interior. To the blind eye you may not realize how much wear and tear is done on the walls of the home, interior designers suggest that even one fresh coat of paint can help revive the look of the room and as well as masking any odors. Stated below are a few ideas that can help even…

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Becoming a NYS Realtor

What you Should Know Before Becoming a NYS Realtor

Becoming a real estate agent may seem easy to most however, there are requirements and qualifications one must meet in order to become an agent. While most states have comparable procedures for becoming a real estate agent, each has its own set of requirements. The following are the five steps to become a New York real estate agent:

• First and foremost, you must be at least 18 years of age before proceeding with the following steps. You must be at least 18 years old, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and be a United States citizen or legally admitted alien.
• If you meet those requirements then you can move onto registering and completing the required 75-hour course. The course is…

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Can Your Dog Affect Your Ability to Obtain Home Insurance?

Did you know that there are certain breeds of dogs that homeowners’ insurance companies won’t cover?

It’s true! Although we’re big dog lovers here at Tom Crimmins Realty, some homeowners’ insurance companies frown upon larger breeds of dogs that they deem to be more ‘destructive.’ Homeowners’ insurance covers your expenses for damage to the property, or in the event that someone else is injured on the property. The personal liability coverage of homeowners’ insurance covers injuries and damage caused by dogs. Unfortunately, some insurance companies refuse to cover larger breeds that they deem to be more regularly high risk. Many large dog breeds come with expensive liability claims, on average of around $44,760! The most commonly excluded breeds…

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124 Queen Street

RESIDENTIAL - ONE FAMILY DETACHED FOR SALE IN MANOR HEIGHTS

THIS HOUSE FOR SALE CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE TOMCRIMMINSREALTY.COM AS WELL AS NYC.FLEXMLS.COM (MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE)

This beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom custom home located in the heart of Manor Heights is in pristine condition. This beautiful home features hardwood floors under the carpets and custom oak railings all throughout. The second floor has an eat-in kitchen and a living room/dining room combo with a bay window. There is a large Master bedroom with a half bathroom, and a full bathroom as well as 2 additional bedrooms which round out the second floor. The first floor has a built-in garage, a laundry room, one bedroom, a 3/4 bath, and an oversized den with a fireplace.…

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388 Colon Ave

RESIDENTIAL - ONE FAMILY SEMI-ATTACHED FOR SALE IN GREAT KILLS

THIS HOUSE FOR SALE CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE TOMCRIMMINSREALTY.COM AS WELL AS NYC.FLEXMLS.COM (MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE) 

This lovely one family semi-attached home is located in the lovely neighborhood of Great Hills in Staten Island. The house is very spacious, containing 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. It is very convenient and close to shopping, schools, and express buses. This home has been well maintained, repainted, and move-in ready condition. With some upgrades and renovations, you can make it totally complete to your liking. Home features include hardwood floors thru-out, new roof, newer hot water heater, extra large kitchen and dining area. There is a sliding door off of den…

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